Business Leaders on Energy Markets

John Doerr on Energy Innovation: The new energy economy is the mother of all markets

Bill Gates on Energy Innovation: We need more basic research

Andy Grove: How America Can Create Jobs

The co-founder of Intel argues that the US has lost its ability to scale its businesses in the realm of manufacturing. The result is not only unemployment, but loss of long-term competitiveness in emerging technology markets: “Losing the ability to scale will ultimately damage our capacity to innovate.”

Global Innovation Leadership

National Infrastructure

The American Society of Civil Engineers estimates that $1.6 trillion is needed to upgrade the US’s failing infrastructure.

Education

Declining math scores in U.S.

OECD Programme for International Student Assessment reports lagging math scores in the U.S., as well as slower science literary improvement than many other European and Asian countries: 2006 results summarized here. Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) reports similar results.